The Hurilla(Humanus Monachus) is what the gorilla would evolve to be in a 1 million years. Over the year the gorilla will become more and more human like and eventually involve into something that is very similar to the currently extinct Australopithecus afarensis only that it will be a lot bigger that existed around 5-6 million years ago. Even though the appearance of the Australopithecus afarensis and the Humanus Monachus is similar, thats where their similarities end because of the vastly different habitat that they survive, they are different in many respects. The latin name Humanus Monachus is means Human Monkey. This name comes from the glaring similarities that that Hurilla possess in common with ancient humans. Gorilla will slowly learn to become omnivorous and be able to move out of the forests that they lived in.
This report is based on my future prediction what the gorilla is going to become in the future outlining the following information:
Habitat In a million years, the earth will be a slightly better state than it currently is, the world is hit by a disease that is so deadly that it kills almost any human that comes into contact with it. This is both a blessing and a curse for the world as less humans would mean less pollution and the less destruction of wildlife. The human population is reduced to a mere 1 billion, however the hurilla was fortunate that the disease is not able to mutate and is not able to infect them even though the humans and the gorilla share similar properties. The shocked human population then makes sure that they fix up the trouble that they have caused with many of them mines in Equatorial Africa. This means that the area around the gorilla will be alot cleaner and therefore not affect the gorilla as much.
Due to the huge reduction in terms of human population and new human commitment to protect any wildlife that is left, the gorilla population is allowed to flourish and because of this, hurillas venture out in to the plains where meat is alot more common than the plants that the hurilla is used to eating. Meat such as the wildebeest and zebras are common and the environment is very different from what the hurilla is used to and the hurilla changes to adapt to it.
A section of the plains of Africa that happens to be filled with the hurilla's preys
The plains that the hurillas now live in are filled with predators and the gorillas becomes a prey once again. The animals that may prey on the gorilla could be a descendant of the lion. There is a huge possibility that the descendant of the lion will continue living out on the plains where the lion has survived for a very long period of time due to easy availability of meat such as wildebeests and zebras. Even though the danger of predators and being made prey is a danger in the plains, the easy availability of the meat that the hurilla begins to crave makes up for it.
The dry weather with occasional rain and searing heat that the hurilla will experience compared to the moist weather and relatively stable weather patterns that its ancestor the gorilla experienced may pose a challenge to the hurillas. The reproduction patterns will have to change because young hurillas do not have the essential protection in terms of their body, which would mean that the hurilla would have to go back to rainforest and have a mating season instead of a free roaming life that they had. The rainforest would provide enough food for the hurilla until it reaches the age of 5 where it would have to travel with the main group in the plains and start learning how to hunt.
The migration patterns of the wildebeast that the hurilla follows to get relatively easy food
Behavioural Adaptation 1
The hurilla is a ominvorous animal as opposed to it's ancestors who were foliovorous. It diet is composed of mainly wildebeest and zebra meat and the other smalll portion of their diet is composed of vegetation that could be found in the plains. The hurilla craves the meat that currently because of the protein content of the meat that their eating compared to the vegetation that they were used to comsuming
The pressure to change their diet from a foliovorous one to a omnivorous one is because of the hurilla's intent to grow bigger in terms of both brain size and pbysical size. The size of the wild game in the plains makes the option of getting enough protein to get bigger in terms of physical size and brain size a viable option because the wold game contain a huge amount of meat. Another reason for the gorilla to want an increase in physical size would be the ease that would come with size of hunting the wild game that are readily available in the plains.
Behavioural Adaptation 2
The hurilla would become a hunter gatherer that follows the migratory patterns of the wildebeast, who is the descendant of the wildebeest. Stalking the wildebeest is a very good idea for the gorilla as it would almost never get lost due to the huge herds of wildebeest that travel together it can never be missed. The wildebeast is the preferred prey if the descendants of the lions, hyeans, cheetahs, leopards and crocodiles. The wildebeast are even stronger than the current group of animals and can inflict serious injury even to very strong predators such as the descendant of a lion. The wildebeast are very cohesive as a group and are very good at protecting each other, however due to the huge numbers of rivers that have to be crossed during the process of migration, the group of wildebeast are normally a bit lost after crossing rivers because of the huge numbers of crocodiles in the water, this presents a great opportunity for the hurilla to attack any one of them and that would provide a worthy meal.
The plains is land of opportunity both good and bad. The wildebeast is one of the opportunities that are available to all meat eating predators. Due to the huge size of the groups that they are travelling in which range from several hundred to several thousand would mean that there is almost always at any moment one that can be caught off guard. It's because of this that many of the predators in the plains of Africa preferred them over many of the other animals that could be caught and consumed by them. By going in groups and using the tools that they have learned how to use they would be able to kill enough animals to satisfy their dietary needs. The environmental pressure in becoming a hunter gather is due to the harsh environment of the plains that would not allow any plants to grow therefore hunting animals would be a better solution. The wildebeast was chosen because the rest of the preys are suitable for faster animals but not the gorilla. The wildebeast is most suitable prey for the hurilla because of its size and its relatively slow speed of acceleration due to its size compared to other animals in the plains such as the zebra which has a faster speed of acceleration because it is smaller and lighter.
Structural Adaptation 1
The hurilla lost the opposable toes that the gorilla had, the opposable big toes belonged to many animals such as the Bornean Orangutan. However the hurilla lives in the plains where there are no trees to climb, therefore there was not need for opposable toes that could grip things. By losing the opposable toes, the sole of the foot can also harden and become flat therefore not allowing the hurilla to balance itself more easily with less use of the calf muscle which is similar to the movement of the Homo Sapiens
When running the big toes makes it harder for the gorilla to sprint and also harder for it to walk. The main pressure for this evoloution would be because the hurilla is no longer a quadruped animal like the gorilla and has evolved into a biped animals and the opposable toes would make it harder for the gorilla to walk and sprint.
Structural Adaptation 2 The hurilla has legs that are either the same length or longer than their arms, its ancestors the gorilla was quadruped which would mean that having longer arms than legs would be more comfortable than having longer legs as by having longer arms than legs would mean that there would be less pressure on the lower back and chest. However in a biped animals that travels on its feet, Having longer arms than legs would allow it to walk or run faster.
The additional speed that is needed to catch prey compared to the slow moving lives of their ancestor the gorilla, would have forced the hurilla to become a biped animal. By being a biped animal longer arms were no longer helpful like they were when in the gorilla. The length of the arms of the hurilla did not become shorter, the ratio changed in this because of the legs getting longer and the arms not changing its length .
Physiological Adaptation The hurilla has become a dedicated carnivore and because of this the hurilla's appendix is only slightly bigger than the humans , while the gorilla's appendix was terribly big in terms of size compared to the humans. The appendix was in the primates body was there to help break down the cellulose rich plants such as leaves that were hard to digest but the food of choice of many of the primate. However the hurilla does not eat any leaves and the need for it is diminished and therefore is getting smaller and smaller each generation as it is useless in a carnivore such as the human.
The environmental that the hurilla lives in does not have much vegetation and where preys are a lot more common than the gorilla which lived in a vegetation rich but prey poor area. The lack of vegetation and the hard to digest substance cellulose make the appendix useless and therefore not need in the hurilla because it does not consume much vegetation.
Hurilla(Future Gorilla)
The Hurilla(Humanus Monachus) is what the gorilla would evolve to be in a 1 million years. Over the year the gorilla will become more and more human like and eventually involve into something that is very similar to the currently extinct Australopithecus afarensis only that it will be a lot bigger that existed around 5-6 million years ago. Even though the appearance of the Australopithecus afarensis and the Humanus Monachus is similar, thats where their similarities end because of the vastly different habitat that they survive, they are different in many respects. The latin name Humanus Monachus is means Human Monkey. This name comes from the glaring similarities that that Hurilla possess in common with ancient humans. Gorilla will slowly learn to become omnivorous and be able to move out of the forests that they lived in.This report is based on my future prediction what the gorilla is going to become in the future outlining the following information:
General Information
Scientific Classification
Habitat
In a million years, the earth will be a slightly better state than it currently is, the world is hit by a disease that is so deadly that it kills almost any human that comes into contact with it. This is both a blessing and a curse for the world as less humans would mean less pollution and the less destruction of wildlife. The human population is reduced to a mere 1 billion, however the hurilla was fortunate that the disease is not able to mutate and is not able to infect them even though the humans and the gorilla share similar properties. The shocked human population then makes sure that they fix up the trouble that they have caused with many of them mines in Equatorial Africa. This means that the area around the gorilla will be alot cleaner and therefore not affect the gorilla as much.
Due to the huge reduction in terms of human population and new human commitment to protect any wildlife that is left, the gorilla population is allowed to flourish and because of this, hurillas venture out in to the plains where meat is alot more common than the plants that the hurilla is used to eating. Meat such as the wildebeest and zebras are common and the environment is very different from what the hurilla is used to and the hurilla changes to adapt to it.
The plains that the hurillas now live in are filled with predators and the gorillas becomes a prey once again. The animals that may prey on the gorilla could be a descendant of the lion. There is a huge possibility that the descendant of the lion will continue living out on the plains where the lion has survived for a very long period of time due to easy availability of meat such as wildebeests and zebras. Even though the danger of predators and being made prey is a danger in the plains, the easy availability of the meat that the hurilla begins to crave makes up for it.
The dry weather with occasional rain and searing heat that the hurilla will experience compared to the moist weather and relatively stable weather patterns that its ancestor the gorilla experienced may pose a challenge to the hurillas. The reproduction patterns will have to change because young hurillas do not have the essential protection in terms of their body, which would mean that the hurilla would have to go back to rainforest and have a mating season instead of a free roaming life that they had. The rainforest would provide enough food for the hurilla until it reaches the age of 5 where it would have to travel with the main group in the plains and start learning how to hunt.
Adaptations
Behavioural Adaptation 1
The hurilla is a ominvorous animal as opposed to it's ancestors who were foliovorous. It diet is composed of mainly wildebeest and zebra meat and the other smalll portion of their diet is composed of vegetation that could be found in the plains. The hurilla craves the meat that currently because of the protein content of the meat that their eating compared to the vegetation that they were used to comsuming
The pressure to change their diet from a foliovorous one to a omnivorous one is because of the hurilla's intent to grow bigger in terms of both brain size and pbysical size. The size of the wild game in the plains makes the option of getting enough protein to get bigger in terms of physical size and brain size a viable option because the wold game contain a huge amount of meat. Another reason for the gorilla to want an increase in physical size would be the ease that would come with size of hunting the wild game that are readily available in the plains.
Behavioural Adaptation 2
The hurilla would become a hunter gatherer that follows the migratory patterns of the wildebeast, who is the descendant of the wildebeest. Stalking the wildebeest is a very good idea for the gorilla as it would almost never get lost due to the huge herds of wildebeest that travel together it can never be missed. The wildebeast is the preferred prey if the descendants of the lions, hyeans, cheetahs, leopards and crocodiles. The wildebeast are even stronger than the current group of animals and can inflict serious injury even to very strong predators such as the descendant of a lion. The wildebeast are very cohesive as a group and are very good at protecting each other, however due to the huge numbers of rivers that have to be crossed during the process of migration, the group of wildebeast are normally a bit lost after crossing rivers because of the huge numbers of crocodiles in the water, this presents a great opportunity for the hurilla to attack any one of them and that would provide a worthy meal.
The plains is land of opportunity both good and bad. The wildebeast is one of the opportunities that are available to all meat eating predators. Due to the huge size of the groups that they are travelling in which range from several hundred to several thousand would mean that there is almost always at any moment one that can be caught off guard. It's because of this that many of the predators in the plains of Africa preferred them over many of the other animals that could be caught and consumed by them. By going in groups and using the tools that they have learned how to use they would be able to kill enough animals to satisfy their dietary needs. The environmental pressure in becoming a hunter gather is due to the harsh environment of the plains that would not allow any plants to grow therefore hunting animals would be a better solution. The wildebeast was chosen because the rest of the preys are suitable for faster animals but not the gorilla. The wildebeast is most suitable prey for the hurilla because of its size and its relatively slow speed of acceleration due to its size compared to other animals in the plains such as the zebra which has a faster speed of acceleration because it is smaller and lighter.
Structural Adaptation 1
The hurilla lost the opposable toes that the gorilla had, the opposable big toes belonged to many animals such as the Bornean Orangutan. However the hurilla lives in the plains where there are no trees to climb, therefore there was not need for opposable toes that could grip things. By losing the opposable toes, the sole of the foot can also harden and become flat therefore not allowing the hurilla to balance itself more easily with less use of the calf muscle which is similar to the movement of the Homo Sapiens
When running the big toes makes it harder for the gorilla to sprint and also harder for it to walk. The main pressure for this evoloution would be because the hurilla is no longer a quadruped animal like the gorilla and has evolved into a biped animals and the opposable toes would make it harder for the gorilla to walk and sprint.
Structural Adaptation 2
The hurilla has legs that are either the same length or longer than their arms, its ancestors the gorilla was quadruped which would mean that having longer arms than legs would be more comfortable than having longer legs as by having longer arms than legs would mean that there would be less pressure on the lower back and chest. However in a biped animals that travels on its feet, Having longer arms than legs would allow it to walk or run faster.
The additional speed that is needed to catch prey compared to the slow moving lives of their ancestor the gorilla, would have forced the hurilla to become a biped animal. By being a biped animal longer arms were no longer helpful like they were when in the gorilla. The length of the arms of the hurilla did not become shorter, the ratio changed in this because of the legs getting longer and the arms not changing its length .
Physiological Adaptation
The hurilla has become a dedicated carnivore and because of this the hurilla's appendix is only slightly bigger than the humans , while the gorilla's appendix was terribly big in terms of size compared to the humans. The appendix was in the primates body was there to help break down the cellulose rich plants such as leaves that were hard to digest but the food of choice of many of the primate. However the hurilla does not eat any leaves and the need for it is diminished and therefore is getting smaller and smaller each generation as it is useless in a carnivore such as the human.
The environmental that the hurilla lives in does not have much vegetation and where preys are a lot more common than the gorilla which lived in a vegetation rich but prey poor area. The lack of vegetation and the hard to digest substance cellulose make the appendix useless and therefore not need in the hurilla because it does not consume much vegetation.
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